Bobin vs Mooral Creek

Mooral Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 49 against 55 in Bobin. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bobin, about half of households are people living alone. In Mooral Creek, most households are couple families. On these figures, Bobin tends to suit people living alone and older residents.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Bobin carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 16/100)
  • Mooral Creek is already more of a family suburb (62% vs 53%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Mooral Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (22% vs 31%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Bobin

ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($216/wk vs $355/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 28%)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Mooral Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (260 min vs 265 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (345.7 km vs 349.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bobin

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (0/100 vs 16/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 17%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Mooral Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (29.6% vs -9.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Bobin and Mooral Creek drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Bobin Mooral Creek
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Bobin Mooral Creek
Walkability 12 / 12
Bobin — Walkability: 12/100 Mooral Creek — Walkability: 12/100
Safety 100 / 84
Bobin — Safety: 100/100 Mooral Creek — Safety: 84/100
Low fire risk 45 / 37
Bobin — Low fire risk: 45/100 Mooral Creek — Low fire risk: 37/100

Demographics

Mooral Creek rents higher ($355/wk vs $216/wk); Bobin has more residents (141 vs 105).

Bobin Mooral Creek
Population 141
+26% vs other
 105
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -9.0% +29.6%
Median age 55 49
Median household income $56,316/yr $66,248/yr
+18% vs other
Median weekly rent $216/wk $355/wk
+64% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bobin Mooral Creek
0-4 2.8% / 2.9%
Bobin — 0-4: 2.8% Mooral Creek — 0-4: 2.9%
5-14 14.9% / 11.4%
Bobin — 5-14: 14.9% Mooral Creek — 5-14: 11.4%
15-19 6.4% / 2.9%
Bobin — 15-19: 6.4% Mooral Creek — 15-19: 2.9%
20-24 3.5% / 6.7%
Bobin — 20-24: 3.5% Mooral Creek — 20-24: 6.7%
25-34 5.0% / 10.5%
Bobin — 25-34: 5.0% Mooral Creek — 25-34: 10.5%
35-44 12.1% / 6.7%
Bobin — 35-44: 12.1% Mooral Creek — 35-44: 6.7%
45-54 14.2% / 16.2%
Bobin — 45-54: 14.2% Mooral Creek — 45-54: 16.2%
55-64 24.8% / 24.8%
Bobin — 55-64: 24.8% Mooral Creek — 55-64: 24.8%
65-74 19.1% / 17.1%
Bobin — 65-74: 19.1% Mooral Creek — 65-74: 17.1%
75-84 5.0% / —
Bobin — 75-84: 5.0% Mooral Creek — 75-84: not among its largest
85+ 2.1% / —
Bobin — 85+: 2.1% Mooral Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.8%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Bobin Mooral Creek
England 5.0% / 5.7%
Bobin — England: 5.0% Mooral Creek — England: 5.7%
New Zealand 2.1% / 2.9%
Bobin — New Zealand: 2.1% Mooral Creek — New Zealand: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bobin 52.9% couple families
Bobin — Couple Families: 52.9% Bobin — Lone Person: 47.1%
Mooral Creek 61.9% couple families
Mooral Creek — Couple Families: 61.9% Mooral Creek — Lone Person: 38.1%
Couple Families Lone Person

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bobin 100.0% houses
Bobin — Houses: 100.0%
Mooral Creek 100.0% houses
Mooral Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Bobin Mooral Creek
Certificate III & IV 19.1% / 15.2%
Bobin — Certificate III & IV: 19.1% Mooral Creek — Certificate III & IV: 15.2%
Bachelor Degree 15.6% / 6.7%
Bobin — Bachelor Degree: 15.6% Mooral Creek — Bachelor Degree: 6.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.9% / 2.9%
Bobin — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.9% Mooral Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.1%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bobin 11.3% renting
Bobin — Owned Outright: 60.4% Bobin — Mortgage: 28.3% Bobin — Renting: 11.3%
Mooral Creek 0.0% renting
Mooral Creek — Owned Outright: 81.5% Mooral Creek — Mortgage: 18.5% Mooral Creek — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Property market

Bobin Mooral Creek
Median house price $987,500 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Bobin has more rural and farming land (100% vs 81%); Mooral Creek has more land zoned for conservation (19% vs 0%).

Bobin Mooral Creek
Rural and farming 100% 81%
Environmental 0% 19%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Bobin Mooral Creek
New dwellings approved 743
across Mid-Coast
same for both
Approvals change year on year +327%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bobin Mooral Creek
House price Higher than 37% of NSW —
Income Higher than 16% of NSW Higher than 28% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 60% of NSW
same for both
Affordability Higher than 35% of NSW —
EV adoption Higher than 25% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 14% of NSW Higher than 24% of NSW

Liveability

Bobin Mooral Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Mooral Creek carries more crime risk (16 vs 0).

Bobin Mooral Creek
Bushfire Moderate
55/100
 Moderate
63/100
Crime None
0/100
 Low
16/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bobin Mooral Creek
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Bobin

  • Bobin Public School Government · Primary

Schools in Mooral Creek

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Bobin Mooral Creek
Waterways 4 5

Mobility

Bobin sits further from the CBD (349.7 km vs 345.7 km).

Bobin Mooral Creek
Walkability score 12/100
same for both
Distance to Sydney 349.7 km
+1% vs other
 345.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 265 min 260 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 2429
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 62
postcode 2429
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Bobin Mooral Creek
Car (driver) 69.5% / 53.3%
Bobin — Car (driver): 69.5% Mooral Creek — Car (driver): 53.3%
Worked from Home 30.5% / 36.7%
Bobin — Worked from Home: 30.5% Mooral Creek — Worked from Home: 36.7%
Walked Only — / 10.0%
Bobin — Walked Only: not among its largest Mooral Creek — Walked Only: 10.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (69.5%).

Setting

Bobin Mooral Creek
Elevation 137 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 260 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 40.5 km 34.8 km

NBN connectivity

Bobin Mooral Creek
Connectivity score 15/100 16/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
71 premises
 0%
46 premises

Climate

Bobin Mooral Creek
Annual rainfall 1,331 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Bobin Mooral Creek
Average residential rate $1,560/yr
same for both
Council Mid-Coast
same for both

Federal electorate

Bobin Mooral Creek
Division Lyne
same for both
Member Alison Penfold
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bobin Mooral Creek
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bobin

Professionals Retirees Rural

Mooral Creek

Rural

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